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I made one to keep on my service truck a long time ago. It’s crude but does the job, it’s just a push button switch with alligator clips clamped to the wires. Wrapped up in black tape for insulation. Use it for a lot of stuff when I don’t have a helper (which is never). It was made on the fly...

I store my paint and supplies in a big metal 2 door cabinet. Going to have to purge my leftovers soon because I’m out of room.

As old as that truck is, I wouldn’t bother fixing it. Pay $500 for it and just use it as a beater until it dies a glorious death. But that’s just me as a paint and body guy who hates working on his own stuff.

I’ve got a thread that I did a few years ago. Still haven’t taken any recent pics of my daily use tools but more or less they look the same as when I took those pics. At my shop I use Snap On but that was more or less a treat to myself because that’s just something I wanted. In my opinion SK...

I myself have had great dealings with TP through the years. In a previous life I was a counterman, these days I'm a warehouse manager (among the many other hats I wear) and I can personally say that in the usual cluster of **** that happens throughout the day, sometimes $hit falls through the...

I’ve got a 979 myself. Had it about 10 years or so, one of the best investments I’ve made in my shop.

Blast it, etch/epoxy prime, then paint. Anything else and I’ll guarantee it will flake.

This is how I install bedsides and many other parts these days. Cuts installation time down tremendously. Make sure to clamp the bejesus out of all contact points and FOLLOW THE FREAKING DIRECTIONS TO THE LETTER!! I use SEM panel bond myself mainly because 3M stands for 3 X the Money :lol_hitti...

That Ferris wheel seat turned out beautiful! What’s the plan for the bumper car?

Sounds like that company is getting what they pay for. Pay for inexperienced/incompetent employees then expect them to tear everything up due to their lack of intelligence. I’d tell my buddy to grease his wheels.

If it weren’t for more pressing projects, mine would be teal and a butcher block top. Eventually I’ll probably do it but I have far more important projects ahead than prettying up my box. It’s currently dark blue and never cared about the color but it was dirt freaking cheap and I couldn’t...

Locks and safety stands for me. Doesn’t matter if I’m changing oil as I would rather use an ounce of prevention over that pound of cure.

Were it me I would find a better tank. That thing is pretty far gone to wind up fabricating the whole thing from patch panels and welding wire.

I love watching old boxes come back to a serviceable life. I’ll be watching!!!

Don’t own anything teal but I keep eyeing my KRL7022 and debating doing a color change to it.

In my experience I’ve yet to have chrome issues and my work tools stay in an outside truckbox. I constantly fight condensation by giving a light coat of oil and even my cheap Chinese garbage stuff is as the day I bought them. If you’re having chrome issues it was probably already there before or...

I think I'm going to start giving yearly updates to this old thread. It's about that time of year for me to pull my **** out of my boxes, give them a once over, and reorganize my truck. My old van died a horrible death and I'm now in a pickup and unfortunately my tools live in a now homemade...

As an installer of spray in bedliners, I’m in the camp of bedline everything lol. If you use a quality product it can add some strength but keep in mind if you have really **** hinges it could cause future issues. I’ve sprayed bedliner on service bodies and not had any issues, that’s the closest...

Me personally, I like these https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/3-8-magnetic-socket-holder-black I like how it stores my sockets flat and I can grab the whole thing and take wherever. The magnets leave a little to be desired if they will hold it you turn the organizer over gently.

Not bragging or anything and definitely nowhere near as good as other guys here, but I have 20 years experience doing paint and body work. That out of the way I would repair that panel, easy fix in my opinion versus cutting and welding. Minimal filler would be in it at that. Where you’re wanting...